"all of the sudden" meaning in English

See all of the sudden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} all of the sudden (not comparable)
  1. (set phrase) Alternative form of all of a sudden Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: all of a sudden

Download JSON data for all of the sudden meaning in English (1.1kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "all of the sudden (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "all of a sudden"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of all of a sudden"
      ],
      "id": "en-all_of_the_sudden-en-adv-4cAm2COy",
      "links": [
        [
          "set phrase",
          "set phrase"
        ],
        [
          "all of a sudden",
          "all of a sudden#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "set phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set phrase) Alternative form of all of a sudden"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all of the sudden"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "all of the sudden (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "all of a sudden"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English set phrases",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English uncomparable adverbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of all of a sudden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set phrase",
          "set phrase"
        ],
        [
          "all of a sudden",
          "all of a sudden#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "set phrase",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(set phrase) Alternative form of all of a sudden"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "all of the sudden"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.